Improvement in catches for corset-clasps



M. H. BERGEN.

CATCH FOR CORSET-CLASH, am, No. 188,228, Patented Mar ch13, 1877.

themes T jwwzfi f W WW N- PETERS, FHDTO-U'THOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON 0 C4UNITE STATES PATENT G EIcE- MARGARET H. BERGEN, OF BRooKnYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CATCHES FOR CORSET-CLA-SPS, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,228, dated March13, 1877; application filed January 6, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET H. BERGEN, of the city ofBrooklyn, countyof Kings, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and usefulImprovement of a Catch, which improvement is fully set. forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, and was partiallydescribed in specification for caveat filed on the-14th day of August,1876, for a certain combination-catch, to be applied to corset-claspsand other purposes, designed to attach and detach, without sewing.

I nowdesire to add to the same a safetypin, for the purpose of using itfor a cufffastener. This catch (the principle of operation being thesame) is a modification of my catch or cord holder for fastening adress-elevator, for which a second patent was granted on the 21st day ofApril, 1874, numbered 149,911, which catch I claim to be solely my owninvention, and verily believe it to be the original and first catch ofthis particular combination ever invented-or put into practical use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 gives a perspective view of thecatch when complete, with the lever O partly open to admit the fabric;Fig. 2, a sectional view, showing the lever 0, operating by the pivots aa from the arms B B, with the safety-pin D attached to the flat side ofthe base A. Fig. 3 shows the lever 0 set at right angles with the pivotsa a.

ent figures.

My invention consists of a metal catch, (to be finished in eithernickel-plate, lacquer, gilt, or in whatever manner may be deemeddesirable,) comprised of a solid base, as seen in Figs. 1 and 22,designated A, a part of which is turned at right angles, b b, on eachside, extending into armsB B, thus forming the slots or opening E forthe purpose of admitting the fabric, which fabric is fastened securelyby the lever 0, operating by pivots a a from the arms B B pressing downupon it, and having a safety-pin, D, attached to the flat side of thebase A for the purpose of fastening it to the lining of the sleeve, theconstruction of the pin being such that the point is thoroughlyprotected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the pin D and the buckle, consisting of thebase-plate A, with rightangled arms B B, slotted at E, and provided withthe cam-lever G, pivoted to the said arms at their ends by the lugs A A,all operating substantially as described, and for the purposes setforth.

MARGARET H. BERGEN.

Like letters indicate like parts in the differ-

